HOW TO BE ALONE
It’s one of those taboo subjects, and is often confused with loneliness. But the idea of aloneness is nothing new, and is completely different from being lonely. There are so many songs and poems that encourage us to be together with other people, and suggest that it is positively un-human and anti-social to find yourself […]
PERCEPTION
It is becoming increasingly clear that perception is king, perception is everything. It is often said that one man’s palace could be another man’s prison. This is so true, especially today, when all of us are being bombarded by so many stories, so many images. Who has the right spin? The answer could be as […]
THE WAR AGAINST CARBS
This is a war unlike any other raging in the world today- It’s not like Syria, Gaza, Somalia the Ukraine, or of course that pesky, hard to define group, ISIS. But its soldiers are perhaps just as dedicated and disciplined, because this war is about what we stuff into our mouths. And for many Americans, […]
THE COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS
The collective consciousness is a real thing, even if it is not a tangible thing, like a rubber ball that you can kick around. But it is the combination of all ideas and beliefs that most people in a society believe in. And boy oh boy, can it vary from one country to another, and […]
FINDING COURAGE
I bet it’s been a long time since you heard about, or read anything about courage. I thought about courage over this long holiday weekend, as I reflected on my life a bit, in the context of what’s going on with my friends and family, seen within the context of world events. Courage seems to […]
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